Ukrainian zeleniy (green) borscht – video

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Chef and food writer Olia Hercules grew up in Soviet Ukraine, but her family was drawn from all over the region and she grew up eating food from Russia, Georgia, Moldova, Ossetia and Armenia. Here, Olia begins the journey into her rich culinary heritage with the classic comfort food, borscht – with a twist. At a difficult moment for Ukraine, she brings eastern Europeans to her table to celebrate a shared heritage – and pass expert judgement on her zeleniy borscht
• Read her full story
here, along with her recipes

• Filmed at
Leilas Shop in Shoreditch, east London, which also provided the ingredients